Garment hanger



July 30, 1935. A. E. KAMMRn-z GARMENT HANGER Filed sept. 16, 19:51

Patented July 3(7), 1935 1 ,fr N y UNITED STATES PAT-ENT OFFlCg-2,009,497 ys v f GARMENT HANGER l Arthur E. Kammritz, East Hartford,Conn.` v Y VApplicata@ september 16, 1931, serially@563,11s'm` Y 5claims. (o1. V22112-64) My invention relates to the class of devicesmadeshorter than the other branch, as 1, and which are used for hangingarticles of clothing, these. branches are formed at their ends with moreespecially coats and dresses, and particupivots `vIll--H bent at.substantially'right angles larly the latter, and an object of myinvention, to the branch from which it projects. Holes 5 among others,is to provide a garment hanger |2-"I3.,are `formed through. the support5 to 5 in which garments of light sheer material may conform to thelengths of the branches. be retained on the hanger and in their originalAs a retainer is swung on its pivots the arm form, of the lesser lengthtraveling on a shorter radius One form of a hanger embodying myinvention causes a distortion of both arms which results and in theconstruction and use of which the in creating a spring action in thearms, and 10 objects herein set out, as Well as others, may be thisspring action will force the arms to oppoattained as illustrated in theaccompanying drawsite sides of a center line passing through the ing, inwhichpivots and at the joined ends of the arms.

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved gar- In order to serve mypurpose I so locate the ment hanger showing in dotted lines the retain-Vholes I2-l3 that the spring action hereinbefore 15 ers in theirreleased positions. referred to will force the retainer toward theFigure 2 is a top View of the same. support from a point somewhatremoved from Garment hangers at the present time are frethe edge ofthesupport, that is, the center line quently made of a thin strip ofmaterial curved through the pivots |2-l3 will be located at a to itsupper edge to conform somewhat to the short distance from the upper edgeof said sup- 20 shape of the shoulders of the garment, and such port, itbeing understood that the description hangers, especially when used forhanging ladies relating to one of the retainers applies aqually dressesor similar articles of thin sheer material to both. 'I'his action of theretainer is illustratare very smooth in order to avoid injury to the edin Figure 1 in which the open position of the Z5 garments, and unlesssome means are provided retainer is shown in dotted outline. As a re- 25for retaining the garments in place they very tainer is swung toward thesupport from this readily slip off the ends of the hangers. It is toposition a tension is placed upon the branches, obviate this conditionand to provide means that this tension being greatest at that pointwhere may be readily manipulated for holding a garthe Outer end of theretainer reaches the line ment in place upon a hanger that my presentineXtendiIlg through the pivots I2-I3. 30 ven/ion has been madel As theend of the retainer passes this point In the accompanying drawing thenumeral 5 which is designated as a, the reaction of the denotes thesupport of the hang-er that is made Spring forces the retainer towardand against from a strip oi" wood or other suitable material the edge ofthe support 5. In releasing the reand that may be smoothly nished toavoid intainer the opposite action takes place and when 35 jury togarments placed thereon. A hook 6 is the end of the retainer passes thepoint a the secured to the support and extends from its upspringreaction forces the retainer into the oppo- .per edge midway between theends, this hook site position shown in dotted lines. being of any formcommon to devices of this It will be seen from this construction that Idass, have provided a garment hanger comprising re- 40 Retainers arepivotally attached to the suptainers that will be automaticallyforcedinto their port on opposite sides of the hook, in the particclosedpositions to retain a garment in place, and ular form shown herein, eachretainer comprisalso the retainers will be automatically forced into ingtwo branches 1-8 adapted to be located on their open positions andretained in such posiopposite sides of the support 5 and joined at tionsso that a garment may be readily placed 45 the outer end of the retainerby a bend 9 that upon the support, and while held by the ngers isadapted to lie against the edge of the support of the hands the thumbsmay be employed to move to hold a garment in place. the retainers to apoint where they will snap into These retainers are preferably formedfrom position to retain the garment in place. It will spring wire and ofa material that Will not tarbe noted that by locating the pivot holesl2-I3 so 50 nish or rust. They are also provided with inthat the point ais at some distance from the edge herent spring qualities which enablethem to of the support 5, the force of the spring is lessened beretained in their closed positions and also in as the retainer movesfrom the point a toward their opened or releasing condition. In order tothe support, with a result that the pressure of attain this result oneof the branches as 8, is the retainer against a garment is lessened andis 55 sufficient merely to retain the garment in place, and there istherefore no danger of injury to the garment by excessive springpressure thereon.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger including a support to receive a garment, aretainer, means for movably attaching said retainer to said support, andmeans wholly inherent in said retainer and its attaching means formoving the retainer from a certain point toward the support to hold agarment in place and for moving said retainer from said point away fromsaid support to maintain said retainer in either of its extremepositions.

2. A garment hanger including a support to receive a garment, a retainerconstructed of resilient material, means for pivotally attaching saidretainer to the support, and means wholly inherent in said retainer andits attaching means and eiective by spring qualities of the retainer forswinging it from a certain point toward the support to hold a garment inplace, and from Vsaid point away from said support, and to maintain saidretainer in either of its extreme positions.

. 3. A garment hanger including a support to receive a garment, aretainer comprising two arms of unequal lengths and of resilientmaterial, means for separately pivotally attaching each of said arms tosaid support, and means to effect through spring action of said arms, byreason of their unequal lengths, a pressure on the retainer against thesupport.

4. A garment hanger including a support to receive a garment, a retainerpivotally attached to the support and comprisingl two arms of unequallengths, said support having pivot openings for the ends of said arms,said openings being relatively positioned to cause a resultant springaction of said arms to force them both toward and away from the support.

v 5. A garment hanger including a support to receive a garment, aretainer pivotally attached to the support each retainer comprising apiece of wire bent into U-shape with arms of unequal lengths, the endsof the arms being bent to form pivots, and the support having holes to`receive said pivots, said holes being relatively positioned to force theretainers through action of the arms both toward and away from thesupport.

ARTHUR E. KAMMRITZ.

